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Mace leads project control room pilot

PlaceTech.
7/31/2020

Government agency Innovate UK has awarded £1.6m to test a production control room concept in complex and challenging projects. The solution, called the AEC Production Control Room, will be led by Mace alongside a number of partners, UCL, Imperial College London, 3DRepo, Mission Room and eviFile. The team will develop and deploy a project control room system, built on live data feeds, that will radically improve the management and delivery of complex projects and programmes….

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Can Smart Buildings Outsmart Coronavirus?

Bisnow
7/31/2020

As Boris Johnson, the prime minister, urges a return to work, could the smart office be the coronavirus-proof solution the UK government has been looking for? Thanks to social distancing sensors, air quality monitors and fever detection lanes, the new normal can operate as efficiently as the old, advocates argue. But does the latest approach to master-systems integration really offer the chance to make the post-pandemic workplace hum with life, or is it just another big upfront risk for landlord…

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IoT and UV Combine to Make Spaces Safer

GlobeSt
7/31/2020

Technology can enable a host of innovations to make buildings cleaner and more efficient. Office properties will see a host of changes over the coming months and even years as the world adjusts COVID-19.

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Zillow Lets Employees Work From Home Forever

The Real Deal
7/31/2020

In April, as the nation was in the thick of lockdown, Zillow CEO Rich Barton tweeted that his “personal opinions about WFH have been turned upside down over the past 2 months.” He’s now ready to reflect that thinking in long-term company policy.

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The Office Redesign Has Only Just Begun

Wall Street Journal
7/31/2020

Plexiglass dividers and floor decals might not be permanent, but the pandemic will bring lasting change to offices. Experts from the architecture and real-estate industries share how they are getting back to work and what offices will look like in the future. Photo: Cesare Salerno for The Wall Street Journal

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Buildots Raises $16 million as It Brings AI Computer Vision to Construction Management

aec business
7/31/2020

Buildots announced today that it had secured $16 million in funding to leverage the power of AI to track, analyze and provide actionable data for construction project teams. The company uses hardhat-mounted 360° cameras to seamlessly determine the exact status of an ongoing project and provides invaluable insight to contractors.

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WATCH NOW: In Case You Missed It, View Accruent’s FULL Tech Demo from Reimagining Real Estate

Accruent
7/31/2020

EMS by Accruent removes the barriers to inspired work by connecting your people, spaces and technology within a single platform. Thousands of leading companies and universities in more than 75 countries rely on EMS as a comprehensive, enterprise-class resource and space management solution to power their dynamic work and learning environments. The EMS platform integrates with both hardware and software infrastructures to provide the visibility, control, and insight needed to increase productivit…

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Porch.com To Go Public With SPAC

The Real Deal
7/31/2020

The Seattle-based firm said Friday it entered a definitive agreement to merge with PropTech Acquisition Corp., a Los Angeles-based special acquisition company, or SPAC, formed last year by Abu Dhabi Investment Authority veterans Thomas Hennessey and Joseph Beck. The deal values Porch.com at $523 million.

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This 31-Year-Old Venture Capitalist Has Bet $12 Million On Real Estate And Diversity

Forbes
7/31/2020

As institutional landlords grapple with vacant buildings, and real estate startups fight for survival, one 31-year-old venture capitalist is betting his firm on the category bouncing back. Stealth until now, Los Angeles-based VC firm Wilshire Lane Partners has invested $12 million in property tech startups in the past 10 months, says founding partner Adam Demuyakor, even as the spread of Covid-19 has battered the category. Demuyakor and Wilshire Lane have made six investments to date, alongside …

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CREtech Sets Records With Largest Real Estate Tech Virtual Conference Ever Held

CREtech
7/31/2020

CREtech (cretech.com) and FUTURE PropTech, the largest intelligence platforms devoted to Reimagining Real Estate, concluded it’s four day virtual conference this past week with thousands attending from around the world for their Reimagining Real Estate Global Virtual Summit.

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